receptivity

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receptivity - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Receptivity \Rec`ep*tiv"i*ty\ (r[e^]s`[e^]p*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^] or
     r[=e]`s[e^]p*t[i^]v"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. F.
     r['e]ceptivit['e].]
     1. The state or quality of being receptive.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Kantian Philos.) The power or capacity of receiving
        impressions, as those of the external senses.
        [1913 Webster]

receptivity - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  receptivity
      n 1: willingness or readiness to receive (especially impressions
           or ideas); "he was testing the government's receptiveness
           to reform"; "this receptiveness is the key feature in
           oestral behavior, enabling natural mating to occur"; "their
           receptivity to the proposal" [syn: receptiveness,
           receptivity, openness]